It did come with a dvi to vga adapter which works fine when attached. i tried
using it on the dvi cable to attach to the vga port on the monitior and on a
vga cable attaching to the dvi port on the card. both work fine. it's dvi to
dvi that doesn't work. this is something else isn't it?
"JW" wrote:
Quote:
> If your new card only has DVI-I connectors then DVI-I to VGA dongles should
> have come with it or are at least available for it since the following spec
> says your card does support VGA out Check your card user's manual for
> details
>
> http://www.xfxforce.com/web/product/...986#openLarger
> .
> "ron" <ron@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:93336FD4-C85F-4A2F-B68C-8B7E026AE799@xxxxxx Quote:
> > It wasn't until i went to a DVI cable that i saw this problem. the new
> > video
> > card only has dvi jacks so when i used this monitor on my old pc using a
> > vga
> > cable it worked fine. i tried different cables also with no luck. the
> > reason
> > i'm trying to nail down the source of the problem is because trying
> > differnt
> > things gets expensive. i do appreciate your help. i had the same thoughts
> > about this monitor also. i want to be able to go back to them with
> > something
> > definitive.
> >
> > thanks again
> >
> > "ron" wrote:
> > Quote:
> >> I have a Viewsonic LCD monitor. i just put a new pc together with an
> >> XFXForce
> >> 8600GT video card. The problem is when i boot the pc i see the bios
> >> screen
> >> fine. it's not until i see 'Micrsoft Corporation' and am about to see the
> >> status bar going back and forth that the screen goes blank and i then see
> >> 'No
> >> sginal'. I'm connected using a DVI-I cable. If i unplug the cable from
> >> either
> >> the card or monitor and plug it back in i then get video. I sent the
> >> monitor
> >> to Viewsonic which they said they fixed a problem. hmmm anyway i'm still
> >> seeing this proble. If i use a VGA cable with a DVI adapter i won't have
> >> this
> >> problem. While the LCD monitor was away i used an old CRT monitor with a
> >> VGA
> >> cable and had no problem.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated. This is driving me nuts.
>